Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Lovell

THOMAS, District Judge.

This suit was originally filed by the plaintiff against E. E. Lovell and Mrs. Lavinia B. Lovell, seeking judgment against Lovell (a contractor whom it had bonded), and seeking to set aside a deed (for his one-half interest in the homestead) from Lovell to Lavinia B. Lovell, his wife, dated November 19, 1948. Also named as a defendant was H. V. Watkins, trustee for the Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, to which, on February 10, 1950, the Lovells had mortgaged the homestead under deed of trust. Amendments were later filed which broadened the plaintiff’s demands, as…